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The left if it is wise elaborates a strategic policy at each stage of struggle. After all, there is no direct or inevitable path to a fulsome democracy or democratic socialism. Nor is the working class going to simply “rise…
Majoritarian political movements are the midwives of reforms and radical transformations. Militant minorities composed of progressive and left movements make a big and necessary difference, providing as they do initiative, militancy, and vision. But — and this is a big…
A reality based left — not all iterations of the left are — steers clear of false oppositions between partial and more advanced demands, between gradual and radical change, between electoral forms of action and direct action, between mass action…
(Writer’s note: this paper was written more than 10 years ago. I was still a member and National Chair of the Communist Party, USA. I post it because I think it retains some relevance to the current conversations on the…
Chimes of freedom clashing Part 1The day-to-day lives of most working people have improved far less than what most of them had hoped. In fact, the main trends that frame life for much of the working class that is diverse…